Beirut. The death toll in the Israeli air strike targeting Beirut’s densely populated area Al-Nuiri has reached at least 22 and 117 people have been injured. Lebanon’s Health Ministry gave this information in its latest update. Thursday’s air strike reportedly targeted Wafiq Safa, the head of Hezbollah’s liaison and coordination unit. However Safa survived the attack. Quoting Al Jazeera TV channel, it was reported that this is the third time that Israel targeted the Lebanese capital Beirut after attacking Al Qola and Al-Bachoura areas. According to a Reuters report on Friday, the Lebanese government said in its daily update that at least 2,169 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since last year. Most of these deaths occurred after September 23, when Israel expanded its military campaign. The death toll did not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Let us tell you that from September 23, Israel intensified air strikes in Lebanon.
He says that this action is being taken to eliminate the Lebanese organization Hezbollah. On 27 September, a key attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and several of his associates. At the same time, Israel also started ground military operations in southern Lebanon. Millions of people in Lebanon have been displaced due to Israeli attacks. On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah started firing rockets at Israel in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza. The latest developments are an extension of this conflict. On October 7 last year, Hamas launched a major attack on Israel in which about 1200 people were killed while more than 250 people were taken hostage. More than 100 hostages are believed to still be in Gaza. After this attack, Israel started military action in the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas. According to a report by Al Jazeera on Friday, at least 42,065 people have been killed and 97,886 injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 2023.